14 Quotes & Sayings By Halle Berry

Halle Berry is an American actress. She was born in NYC and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Her mother is a former school teacher and church organist, and her father is a former high school teacher and college basketball coach. She began modeling as a teenager, appearing on the cover of Ebony magazine at age 15 Read more

She attended Wayne State University on a basketball scholarship before dropping out to pursue an acting career. Berry was subsequently discovered by an agent while walking down Detroit's Detroit Riverwalk on January 21, 2000. Later that year, she appeared on the cover of "Vibe" magazine with rapper Eminem, who had written "Hallelujah" for her.

Berry made her film debut in the crime thriller movie "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" (1999), which was critically panned but later became one of the highest grossing independent films of all time. She then starred in the box office successes "Bad Boys" (1995) and "Swordfish" (2001), for which she received nominations for both the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since appeared in many other films including "The Flintstones", playing Princess Rosalind; "Swordfish", playing Debbie; "Catwoman", playing Valerie; "Hook", playing Elizabeth; "X-Men 2", playing Storm; "" (2002), playing her own mother; "National Treasure", playing The President's Daughter; "The Guardian", playing Tracy; "" (2007), playing Ashley Graham; and lastly, portraying Queen Mother Ramona in Tarzan 2.

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I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. Halle Berry
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I see women in their 30s getting plastic surgery, pulling this up and tucking that back. It's like a slippery slope - once you start you pull one thing one way and then you think, 'Oh my God, I've got to do the other side.' Halle Berry
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I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair. Halle Berry
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I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital. Halle Berry
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When I think, where did I laugh the most, where did I eat the most, where did I just feel good all the time, I would say making the Bond movie 'Die Another Day.' To be part of such an iconic franchise and to travel to exotic places - that was the most fun I ever had. Halle Berry
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I won't have a traditional marriage; I don't find the value in that anymore. But I am such a hopeless romantic and I really want love and I want a committed relationship, so I am going to reinvent marriage for myself. Halle Berry
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory. Halle Berry
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Beauty is not just physical. Halle Berry
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40. Halle Berry
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I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right. Halle Berry
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I'm done with men... I'm going to be alone. I have no luck with relationships. I don't think I'm made for marriage. Halle Berry
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Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community. Halle Berry
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I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him. Halle Berry